Barnum (Orginal Broadway Cast Recording) - Michael Stewart, Cy Coleman

Living whales he sent to Hades

Likewise Swedish singing ladies

And the local clockworks he will run

(And the local clockworks he will run)

Gone those woolly schemes that filled his head (schemes that filled his head)

Farewell kelly green and cherry red

(Farewell kelly green and cherry red)

No more, step right up and see him

Barnum’s closed his last museum

And he’s gonna live his life instead

Black and white

The future’s rosy living black and white

Keep both feet on the ground

Don’t let those day dreams spin you round

See things the way they are

You’re gonna tumble if you fly too far

Stay low and hold on tight

Living black and white

He could run a clockworks Barnum found (Barnum found)

In two months he’d run it in the ground

(In two months he’d run it in the ground)

Purchased then 500 shovels

Said men mustn’t live in huddles

And a new utopia I will found

Planned a very modern model town

Elevated roads to stroll around

Grew so high it made you groggy

Built on land a trifle soggy

So as it rose up it started down (down down down)

Black and white

He built a city that was black and white

It took no end of spunk

And looked quite splendid as it sunk

Here comes another lurch

There goes the depot and the Baptist church

As they slipped out of sight

They were black and white

So long, ta ta goodnight

Bye bye black and white

Oh ooh oh oh ooh oh oh ooh oh oh

Oh yeah

Heard about your city what a shame

But the truth is politics' your game

Kissing babies making speeches

Posing with the local beaches

Fun, respectability and fame

You could be an alderman, no wait (no wait)

Congressman I mean U. S not state (not state)

(Mayor!) Oh that’s easy pickin’s

(Senator!) Oh what the dickens

Why not hang a presidential slate

Black and white

He’s playing politics in black and white

Cold truth and good hard facts

Give all that razzmatazz the axe

No bunting in the streets

You’ll talk of budget cuts and balance sheets

Statistics day and night

Running black and white

Black and white

I’m runnin' politics in black and white

Cold truth and good hard facts

Give all that razzmatazz the axe

No bunting in the streets

I talk of budget cuts and balance sheets

Statistics day and night…

(spoken)

Charity, I’m losing ‘em.

You gotta let me bring some colour into this campaign

or they’re gonna beat me

(spoken)

Very well, Taylor.

Go ahead!

Black and white

He’s had his fill of living black and white

So long ta ta good night

Bye bye bye bye black and

White!